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VOL.-IV. NO. 11.
. ;: -,v Portland; Oregon, sunday .morning. - may 26. -1907.
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Prominent Realty Deal
ers Accused of Cor
ruption by the Frisco
Grand Jury ,
Twenty-Eight Indictments for
Bribery Returned Against the
Parkside ami San Francisco
Gas & Electrio Companies
Jury Adjourns for Two Weeks.
THE vMENAGE WHICH THREATENS PORTLAND
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San Francisco. Mar 15. Twenty
eight Indictments for bribery were
brought today . by the grand Jury In
the case against the Parkside Real'
ty company and the" San Francisco
Gas ft Electric company. The grand
jury then adjourned until June 10
In the Parkside case the indicted
"'are: ... ; .
0. H. Umbsen. real estate dealer
Joseph K. Green, reat estate dealer
capitalist'-' '4' .'.V''.-'
Attorney W. I. Brobeck, of the law
firm of Morrison, 'Cope ft Brobeck.
Abraham Ruef.
.They are charged la 14. Joint In'
dlctments with offering a bribe of
$1,000 each to' 14 e uperrlsort : for
the passing of an ordinance granting
, the electrical ., railroad ; franchise
through the . Parkside . tract.. The
bribe sum raised. by the Parkside
company was $40,000, of which sum
$15,000 " was paid to hnef by
Umbsen. '"il- 'm '
In the gas company case the ln-
; dieted are: Directors Eugene De
..gabla, John Martin and' Frank G.
Drum; Abraham Ruef and Mayor
; ' Eugene Schmlts. They are charged
: la, 14 Joint Indictments of glrlng a
bribe of $750 to each of, 14. superi
, Tlsors to Tote for the establishing of
. sa 85-cent gae rate Instead of the
"li-blt". union labor party platform
plank on which they were' elected
(Oontinuea en P&C TblrtMn.)
Like some huge and hateful spider, the political machine Is striving to compass the city within its posonoua clutch.
TILTON'S LIFE RUINED
BY
BEECHER
SCANDAL
American Editor Who Won Notoriety by Suing Celebrated Preach-
err Dead in Paris, Where He " Spent Last Twenty-Five Years
of His Life in Exile -History of Famous Case Which Won
Attention Throughout the Wortct Sued for targe Sum. r
(Hnnt Kw bj LongMt LmnI Wlr.)
Parl, Mar 25. Theodor Tllton. the
former Amerloan editor and poet whoae
suit acalnst Henry Ward Beecher wna
the toplo of conversation on two conti
nents, died here today. The eauae vt
his death was pneumonia. He paeeed
1aat nlfbt sleeping Intermittently, but
growing weaken Hla spirits were good,
though he knew the end was not far
distant, and he at times displayed all of
his old-time humor. ;
Tllton spent, the last 14 'years of his
life tn Parts. . . ' 1
He exiled himself to ISM because he
could hot endure the discredit brought
upon him by the. revelations in connec
tion with and Incidental to his cele
brated suit against Beecher.
Tllton was bom tn New Tor City In
October, 1S8S. Hls'flrst work was with
the New York Churchman In I486. He
turned naturally to things religious, as
he bad been brought up In a belief in
Htiget Beast Breaks From Cage and Kills
Child Before Brave Man Shoots Animal
With Revolver
Oeatet ITews by Immft XeaieS Wb.) -i-Twln
Falls, Idaho, May-J5-During
the afternoon performance of .the Bella
Kioto olrcus In Twin' Falls today a huge
Bengal tiger broke from his cage in tne
menagerie ' tent and charged Into the
crowd, killing a 4-year-old glrL a Shet
land pony, and mauling several, other
spectators and ponies before it was shot
and killed by a man In the audience.
- The . tiger sprang'''' upon , Mrs. 8. IE.
Bosell and her little daughter, Ruth, 4
years old. Mrs. Kosell was not seri
ously injured, but the child was so torn
and mangled that she died two hours
later.. Many .of the women In the crowd
fainted and men were stricken with
panlO. " .-. v.-',-,;-,
J. BelL a Twin Falls blacksmith, waa
.beside Mrs. Rosell when she
attacked. Hla wife and children
were wrth him and at the mercy of the
beast. Brushing his. family aside,' Bell
drew a ll-callber revolver and opened
re on 'the tiger. : ,: ;-'-,
. When' the first bullet struck the ani
mal behind the shoulders, he winced and
opened his Jaws. The second, bullet
caused him to release Mrs. Rosell and
her daughter and the third put him on
the run. Bell followed, firing three
more bullets Into the fleeing tiger as It
ran ouisiae , me leni. it wae eoreiy
wounded, but managed to crawl some
distance before collapsing. Recovering
its strength for an instant the beast
turned and started back toward . the
stampeding : spectators, Bell, was wait.
lng for. the attack with his revolver re-
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rolled ovr and bltlnc at bis wound, x
pir4 tn a few minutta
FRIENDS CRUSHED
AS THEY, WEEP AT
FUNERAL OF GIRL
i (f BtiWrtete frew by gpeelal Leased Wire.)
. New Tork, - May 15 A catastrophe
was added to the tragedy of Uttle
Amelia Btaffeldt,. when a score of per
sons were Injured by the collapse of a
porch at the Staffeldt homestead ' St
' Elmhurat- while . attendlna-: the funeral
of the 15-year-old g(rl who was mur
dered Wednesday.
Fifty people 'Were bliried beneath, the
splintered boards and supports of the
porch when It collapsed . under the
weight of humanity. A panto resulted,
but policemen arrived -..before . anyone
was trampeled. on, , but . several . were
severely . hurt..,' ti.-'
The .craah came'tn the midst of the
service, and Interrupted It for over half
an hour.. .'..,- ',.......
. The police are 1 confident now that
Henry Becker either" was directly con
cerned: in the murder or was a wit
ness to It v i : . .
the strict doctrine of Calvinism. He
was with the New Tork Observer for a
time and then with the Independent
He was with the Independent from 1S56
until 1JT1, and was editor of the Brook.
Iyn Union In the last few months sfter
his connection ' with the Independent
Afterward he founded a weekly paper
wmcn he called the Golden i Age. It
was thlv paper whloh was the medium
through which money waa paid to Tll
ton by Beecher in . the first year of
tne trouble between r them. Beecher
raised 15,000 on a mortgage on his
house. The SB.000 was turned over to
the Golden age ostensibly to keep that
Insolvent paper on Its feet, but actually
to provide funds for Tllton' s liveli
hood. Friends Denied Story.
" Friends of Mr. Beecher denied that
he paid this money and other money In
order to prevent Tllton from exposing
the scandal that had been kept hidden
for many months. They asserted and
still assert that Mr. Beeoher took that
means of giving money to put food Into
the mouths of Tllton's wife and chil
dren.
Tllton married Elisabeth M. Richards
In 1855. He and Beeoher became Inti
mate friends after Mr. Beecher became
eonected. with the Independent In 1180.
Through all this period the Beecher fam
ily and the Tllton family were very
Intimate, . Mr. Beecher was a frequent
oaller at the Tllton home. He and Mrs. I
Tllton, were- openly very friendly toward
each other, but there was . never any
gossip connecting the - two until about
three years before the Tllton suit In
fact, their friendship ceased in 18,. a
year after It was alleged to have begun.
There waa a period of almost two
years in which the alleged scandal was
kept ; fairly- well ' hidden.- In -the -first
flush of his anger -Tllton wanted to
'.'expose" Beecher. but he waa persuaded
to let the matter drop.
" Scandal Beoomes Public r '
Despite the efforts of the peacemak
ers, the scandal became pubiio property
in 187J. - Naturally such a story con
cerning the most famous minister In
all the land created a igreat sensation.
DROWNED BEFORE
EYES OF MAIDEN
Harry George of Astoria, a Stan-
- ford Student, Knocked Over-
' board While Sailing m Youngs
River and Perishes In Stream.
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
(Special Dtepatcfe te The Jeml.)
Astoria, Or., May 25. While sailing
In a small sailboat on Young river
with Mlse Winnie Hlgglns this after
noon, Harry George of this city was
knocked overboard by the boom of the
boat Despite the frantlo efforts of
the young woman to save him, and her
piercing screams for help, he sank and
was drowned before assistance ar
rived. The body baa not been reoovered.
though tne river bed for quite a dis
tance has been dragged. Boats of vari
ous kinds are patrolling the river In
the hope that the body may rise, and
aearohlng parties will continue their ef
forts until It is recovered. .
Znooked Ore by San.
The accident wai one of the saddest
that has ever happened here. Taung
George and Mlaa Hlgglns wnt for a
sail this afternoon and were enjoying
the sport when without warning the
boom ' of the boat swung suddenly
around, striking the young man and
knocking him overboard.
Brldgetender St ran aaw the accident
but before he waa able to lower a boat
the body of the young man sank. The
young woman tried heroically to rescue
him, but failed.
The young man was a great favor
ite with a large circle of friends and
relatives, ana me arr&lr has cast a !
gloom, over the dty. He was the only
cnno or Mr. ana Mrs. oeorge H. George.
His father is manager of the Columbia
River Packers' association. H. O. Van
Dusen, fleh warden, and Captain
Thomas H. Crank are hla uncles.
' Waa Stamford Student.
'Toung George " was born : in" Astoria
and would have been 30 years of age
In August A few days ago ' he re
turned from Stanford ! university,
where . he waa a student during the
past' year.
Miss Hlgglns, the young woman who
accompanied him on the fatal voyage.
Is a daughter ot, JrE. Hlgglns.' oashler
of the Astoria National, bank. She . Is
In quite a precarious condition as a re
sult of her sad experience.
PORTLANDER IS HEIR TO
VAST ENGLISH ESTATE
Oliver H. Hall, a Local Teamster and Direct Descendant of Sir
Francis Drake, Will Share- In Division of tatter's Fortune,
Amounting to Twenty Millions of Dollars Money Now In
Bank of England Attorneys Establish Hall's Relationship.
GET OUT OF
Farmers Grow Ignor
ant to Escape Ser
vice inHaywood Trial,
-Wearisome-Delays.
Witnesses Known to Everybody
Register Mysteriously Undei
Assumed Names That Deceive)
Nobody- Eastern Visitors Art
Astounded at Indifference.
Out of the wealth of romanoe and
gold that fills the old English chancery
there has come across the sea and land
to Portland both wealth and a romance.
The romance is already here and the
gold Is. soon to arrive.
Both the essentials were founded by
Sir Francis Drake, the great English
admiral, and the - first English navi
gator to discover the Oregon coast.
And, strangely enough. It is highly
probsble that a large portion of the
vast estates left by him will settle
upon one ef his descendants who lives
In Portland, near the coast which the
famous navigator discovered.
Portland Itsa Xelr.
The descendant of the great English
sea fighter living In Portland Is Oliver
H. Hall, a teamster In the employ of
the. Van Horn Transfer company, 208
Stark street Hall claims direct lineage
from the destroyer of the Spanish
Armada and the first mariner in the
history of the world to circumnavigate
the. globe. He, further claims that he
will participate to the extent of 8850,
000 In the estate left by Sir Francis.
Indeed, the teamster has good reason
to advance his claims. For years an
uncle by the name of Drake has been
endeavoring to establish the right to
participate In the fortune, but only re
oentlv suoceeded. Through the efforts
of attorneys In Ixmaon ana in ntw
Tork the . relationship Is said to have
been completely confirmed. At any rate
Hall received assuranoes during tne
past week- from the attorneys that there
Is no doubt but that he wm snare gen
erouslv In . the vast sums that after
years In chancery, are awaiting dlstrt
button.
1 Twenty SXUUos o IMvtde.
There are several heirs to the estate
In America. Attorneys for. these heirs
claim td have succeeded In preparing tne
estate for distribution, and they also
olalra that each American heir will re
ceive about 88 50.000. The total estate
amounts to more than $20,000,000, It Is
aid.
Hall first learned of his Intereat In
that vast sum through his grandmother,
who died recently. Many years ago she
told him of his great ancestor ana or
the fortune that was left by him and
was about to be distributed. The for
tune consists of money in the. Bank of
England, and property Interest In Soot-
land.
The grandmother came to this coun
try from England with her parents.
They bore the name of Drake and are
said to. have brought to this country
with them documentary evldenoe of
their right to claim relationship to the
famous admiral The daughter married
a second cousin, also bearing the name
of Drake and also a descendant of the
acmirai. Her descendants are conse
quently doubly sure of the success of
their claims.
Fortune Ooes to Teamster.
Later she and her husband emigrated
to the northwest Two sons and three
daughters wore born to them. Oliver
Hall, the grandson, who Is now a team
ster In this city, waa born at Kalama.
He has a brother at Castle Rock, Wash
ington, and a sister at Kelso, Washing
ton. Each will participate Jnthe for
tune of Sir Francis, if the assurances
of their attorneys materialise.
By Hngb -O'Neill, Special Commit.
sloner for Denver Post and Oregon. .:
Journal.
Boise, Idaho, May 35. The drift
lng lights and shadows of life come)
and go quickly In the dreary progress
of this case. And like all the colore
of this western state, in dawn, of
noonday, or erenlng, the lights Sr,
glaring white and the shadows are
dead black. There are no middle 'T
tones. TheT comedy is . all broad
farce. 1 The drama is all melancholy- :
tragedy. Ton can laugh or weepy
But you cannot preserve an erea In
difference. : A reasonable - middle)
course seems impossible. The deteo- ;.
tires, saving perhaps only McPar
land, are .sleuths, moving silently fa '
the shadows. , peering mysteriously; -under
half closed eyes." . U . 7 ' -AH
the witnesses are known to :.
everybody In the least concerned la
this case, yet they all register under,
assumed names that deceive nobody
One ingenuous maiden from Denver
did happen to register at the hotel
under her own name and "well-in
formed persons" at once - assumed
that she was somebody else and not -herself
at all. It caused her some
embarrassment and kept " quite 'si
number of people sitting up all ,
night, speculating. " As ; soon as
stranger appears whose business ,
unknown he is put down as a "spy
for the defense." . . And", spies of.
course, are naturally not popular
eten in Boise;'-
Eastern.,; visitors are Invariably.
astounded at the "quietness" of the
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Where Does It Come From ?
Thomas C Devlin.
Sir Yon are seeking the highest office in the gift of the
people of this city, an office which no man can rightly admin
ister unless he Is absolutely free from obligations to any but
the whole people. To secure this office, you are expending
- huge soma of money... Your expenses in. the primaries alone
are estimated at $10,000, and you yourself have admitted them
to be more than $2,000. This lavish expenditure of money con
tinues and increases from day to day.' The people of Portland .
want to know and have a right to know who pours 'out this
money and what for, who gives it to you and what they expect "
from you for it Why don't you-tell them?
Mr. Devlin, Where Did You Get It?
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Terrible Cyclone Sweeps Across State De
molishing Houses and Leaving a ;
Trail of Death . .
(Pobllsben' Pre by Special Leased Wire.)
Dallas. Texas. May 26. A special to
the Times-Herald from Will's Point 50
miles east., says: A cyclone struck
this place at 6:20 p. m4 and demolished
25 residences of the town. Three peo
ple were killed.,, and some 18 or 20 In
jured. "''''
The dead are: -r,'
Mrs. Tom Douglass, blown 200 yards.
Jesse Douglass, aged 8. blown 200
yards; body found Jn a pool of water.
Lowering clouds and a murky atmos
phere presaged some sort of a disturb
ance, and shortly after o'clock the cy-1
clone cloud was seen approaching front '
the southwest, apparently some three
miles distant when first noticed. .The
destruction was complete, the buildings
being entirely demolished. V Twenty or
80 homes were wrecked,' two children
killed and many" others hurt's three fa
tally, by a tornado at Orlbble Springs,:
IS miles sooth' of here; late tonight.
The dead are: Harold and Jennie Mo
ClOSky. i -'"''V;: ';:;.?. t
Fatally Injured; James McClosky. Jo
tie Tumpla,- Une Jackson. .
. The tornado swept one of the best
section of the country through a strip,
two miles wide and 800 miles long, r
DECLARE DOUMA IS )
DOOMED TO DIE BY
. DEFT. DISSOLUTION
(Hearst Rewt by tautest Leased Wtre.)
8t Petersburg, May 26. The douma
is doomed. It may last another month,
two months, or even six months, but
the reactionaries have triumphed.' They
have made It plain that the douma will
be dissolved on ita first serious con
flict with the government
So far the douma has passed no lawa,
but It baa now ready and will pass
within , the next ; few weeks radical
measures insuring the liberty of the
subject These measures the govern
ment will not accept, and when the
douma sees Its proposals flouts ant
finds that Its good manners avail u
nothing,. !t will alopt the nHaUo-
methods of the first douma and t
dissolved at once. ,
The reactionists rr1!ct units " -that
a third douma be J ist as 1
to deal with the flrit twot
therefore, no' tl.ttd c,uc-. cei t
vokei '
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